Fisher's Ghost, and Other EssaysF.W. Cheshire, 1950 - 208 pages |
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Page 168
... later Grimm developed these rules and added many illustrations . The series of sound - shifts became known as Grimm's Law . Both men proved that changes of sound took place in accordance with definite rules . Thus the science of ...
... later Grimm developed these rules and added many illustrations . The series of sound - shifts became known as Grimm's Law . Both men proved that changes of sound took place in accordance with definite rules . Thus the science of ...
Page 201
... later , was missed altogether . Scott mentions the interesting detail that when Péron came to write his account in Paris during October , 1805 , he named a small island off the broken coast of the Kimberley division 201 PERON PÉRON IN ...
... later , was missed altogether . Scott mentions the interesting detail that when Péron came to write his account in Paris during October , 1805 , he named a small island off the broken coast of the Kimberley division 201 PERON PÉRON IN ...
Page 205
... later , in another part of the Channel , a native attack followed . Showers of stones fell on the same party , the assailants lying in ambush . More serious was the assault on one of the artists with the expedi- tion , M. Petit , who ...
... later , in another part of the Channel , a native attack followed . Showers of stones fell on the same party , the assailants lying in ambush . More serious was the assault on one of the artists with the expedi- tion , M. Petit , who ...
Contents
FISHERS GHOSTTWO SIDELIGHTS | 1 |
THAT WORD AGAIN | 16 |
THE ESSENTIAL MURDOCH | 33 |
Copyright | |
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